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Jerry Walker found his love for painting when he retired from Kimberly-Clark in 2005. He credits a co-worker who was also approaching retirement and wanted to take up painting for inspiring him to pursue acrylic painting.

He purchased acrylic paints and started watching the The Joy of Painting with Bob Ross on PBS to learn how to paint landscapes.

"I realized I wanted to apply his techniques to my own style of painting,” Walker said.

Sibling String will play at the outdoor Music in the Park series at 7 p.m. Thursday at Maude Edenfield Park.

The group is composed of five friends who have formed a brotherhood, which is how the name of the string band came together, said member Jacob Beltz. Members include: Beltz, vocals and rhythm; Deveran Roof, upright bass; Henry Wynn, fiddle and pedal steel; Dave Mercer, drums and vocals; and Michael Baideme, lead guitar.

Though Georgia Gov. Nathan Deal was unable to attend a breakfast meeting in Martinez on Tuesday to discuss the 1-percent sales tax referendum for transportation, the issue still dominated conversation.

Deal was scheduled to talk to the crowd gathered at West Lake Country Club during a breakfast sponsored by the Georgia Transportation Alliance, which is an entity of the Georgia Chamber of Commerce established to promote the sales tax. Due to cloudy weather, the helicopter set to bring Deal to the Augusta area was grounded.

A shooting victim called Columbia County authorities early Sunday claiming he was kidnapped near his Appling home, then assaulted in Richmond County.

The 41-year-old said he was at his home on Washington Road at about 7 p.m. when a stranger flagged him down to get help with a tire. The man was getting tools out of his van when the stranger pulled out a black handgun and forced him into the car. The stranger made him drive for a while before stopping to pick up two more men.

No other creatures provoke the feelings that snakes do. Some people are attracted to them, while others are repelled by them. Some people are intrigued by them, and others are seized by an overwhelming urge to kill them.

I have friends who, when they see snakes, become so terrified that they can’t do anything, while others have to investigate to see what type of snake it is.

Georgia has an abundance of snakes, with close to 50 species. One reason so many fear snakes is because they worry they might be venomous. The majority are nonvenomous or harmless.

Two college roommates threw caution to the wind 25 years ago for a cross-country road trip.

David Brock and Patrick Cumby set off May 31 to repeat the experience with a five-week trek from Evans to the California coast.

They’re making the voyage in the same 1960 Triumph TR3 roadster, which barely held together on the first trip. This time, the men are being followed by a four-person documentary crew hoping to capture each blunder along the way.

Grovetown officials recently decided to take no action against former Grovetown Department of Public Safety Chief Al Robinson, who announced his resignation amid a private investigation into employee misconduct.

City officials recently released the results of that investigation to The News-Times. It shows the probe began after a public safety employee in March told city leaders Robinson used the term “half-breeds” to refer to some children while investigating drug activity at a city mobile home park.